Professional Resources

This on-line directory contains valuable information about thousands of programs that employ audiologists and speech-language pathologists who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Addressing the literacy learning needs of persons with disabilities of all ages.
The Center’s mission is to promote literacy and communication for individuals of all ages with disabilities. It is the belief of the CLDS that disabilities are only one of many factors that influence an individuals ability to learn to read and write and to use print throughout their life and across their living environments.

The Communication Matrix is an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals. It was first published in 1990 and was revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University.

This website provides guidelines for early intervention to maximize the language and communication development of young children with special needs including:
Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
The website provides guidelines for early intervention specifically designed for children with complex communication needs, including children with:
Autism spectrum disorders
Cerebral palsy
Down syndrome
Multiple disabilities

(YAACK) is a website that covers issues related to AAC and young children. Its purpose is to provide information and guidance to families, teachers, speech/language pathologists and anyone else who is involved with a child with special communication needs. It is intended to be easy to understand and practical, and to cover a wide range of topics dealing with AAC and AAC-related issues of children at various ages and stages of communication ability, and with different strengths, disabilities and learning characteristics.

From their website: Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.

You can use symbols from this collection in MyTalk. When you subscribe to SymbolStix, download the .zip file of symbols and then upload using "Add Media" / "From Computer" in the MyTalkTools workspace.

If you, or your child, uses American Sign Language, these maybe useful. Right click on the pictures, save as a file locally on your computer, then use the "Add Media" / "From Computer" feature in MyTalkTools workspace to upload the file to your private library.

This european AAC picture library is available in english, spanish and french. It has almost 9,000 high quality images. Download the .zip file, extract to your computer, then upload individual picture files to your private library using the "Add Media" / "From Computer" feature of the MyTalkTools workspace.

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